Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Kosovo
38.2% of people in Kosovo lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2003.
Kosovo, 2022
38.2%
Change from 2021
−8.8percentage points
World, 2022
48.3%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Kosovo over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kosovo | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 38.2% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 47.0% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 38.9% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 38.3% | – |
| 2018 | 54.7% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 49.5% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 53.4% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 54.1% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 57.5% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 58.5% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 59.4% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 72.2% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 71.1% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 73.6% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 79.6% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 78.1% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 81.3% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −8.8 percentage points from 47.0% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 59.4%, the figure has changed by −21.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 48.3%.
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14.9%
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
30.9%
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Income inequality (Gini)
46.6 (0 to 100)
2018 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
15.58 times
2018 · Eurostat
Gini index
38.3 (0 to 100)
2022 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
25.1%
2022 · World Bank